Hi Mathew, So you have two electric fuel pumps to maintain? I may be wrong, but I remember reading somewhere that the Racor water separator requires a vacuum for the design to work, to through moisture droplets out against the outer shell. It is to be installed on the suction side of a lift pump or a fuel pump. A booster pump feeding it may not be the best solution and is probably hiding a leaking fuel line or fitting. Just sayin.
BTW, these electric fuel pumps sometimes have a screen filter inside. Chuck > On 10/06/2020 2:43 PM Matthew <wolf...@erie.net> wrote: > > > > The engine-mounted fuel pump on my Westerbeke pulls fuel from the tank, > through a Racor, then to the engine. Shortly after I bought the boat, I > experienced problems with air getting into the line. We couldn’t figure out > where, so we installed an electric pump between the tank and the Racor, so > now fuel is pushed from a point just after the tank (in addition to being > pulled from the engine). This solved the air bubble problem. While we were > at it, we installed a cheap in-line fuel filter just before the electric pump. > > > From: Josh Muckley <muckl...@gmail.com> > Sent: Tuesday, October 06, 2020 12:06 PM > To: Stus-List <cnc-list@cnc-list.com> > Subject: Stus-List Re: Universal diesel > > > Excellent catch Chuck! Those do look like typical compression fittings > on the Racor and IMO should be suspect. > > > Josh > > > > > > > > > > > Thanks everyone for supporting this list with your contributions. > > Each and every one is greatly appreciated. If you want to support the list > > - use PayPal to send contribution -- https://www.paypal.me/stumurray > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > Thanks everyone for supporting this list with your contributions. Each > and every one is greatly appreciated. If you want to support the list - use > PayPal to send contribution -- https://www.paypal.me/stumurray > >
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